Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,318 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

W.E.B. Du Bois and Staff in the Editorial Offices of The Crisis, 1912
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(1918) W.E.B. Du Bois, “Close Ranks,” Editorial from The Crisis
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John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001)
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(1871) Congressman Joseph H. Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina…”
Black Civil War Soldiers
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XXV Corps (1864-1866)

Explore Global African History

British West Indies Regiment, September 1916
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British West Indian Regiment (BWIR) (1915-1918)
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Dakar, Senegal (1857- )
John Abraham Godson in the Polish Parliament
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John Abraham Godson (1970- )
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(1980) Samora Machel, “Transform the State Apparatus into an Instrument of Victory”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Black Laws of Oregon, 1844-1857
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Greece and Egypt: How a Single Coin Reflects an Ancient and Enduring Relationship
Kansas Runaway
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“Blazing a Path to Freedom: African Americans and Their White Allies in Bleeding Kansas”
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African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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